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Gabon
Momentum in deep offshore

Gabon’s government awarded the first blocks in the country’s deep offshore this summer. And the awards involved some surprises. First, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.2014

DRC
Jacques Kamenga

Appointed acting managing director of Gecamines (GCM) in succession to Ahed Kalej Nkand, dismissed by presidential order on July 26, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.09.2014

DRC
Kinshasa

Martin Kabwelulu, Congo-K’s mines minister, will receive a delegation of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.09.2014

DRC
Kinshasa

Mazamado Adam, general manager of Societe Miniere de Sandoa (SOMISA), [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.09.2014

Spotlight | Congo
Sassou negotiates way to 2016 elections

With the next presidential elections in the Republic of Congo less than two years away, it seems that nothing can stop Denis Sassou-Nguesso, 71, from running for another term, even though the constitution that he himself approved forbids it. Calmly [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2014

Cameroon
Boko Haram prompts army retool

The creation earlier this month of a new military command covering the northern part of the country illustrates Boko Haram's increasing hold on the region.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2014

Central African Republic
Samba-Panza defies Sassou

Instead of bringing stability to the political situation in Central African Republic, the appointment of Mahamat Kamoun as prime minister has put Catherine Samba-Panza in bad odour with mediator Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2014

Gabon
Bongo, Ping warm upforelectoral clash

Ali Bongo has been lashing back at Jean Ping's swingeing attacks on his regime. Although it is some way off yet, the 2016 presidential campaign is shaping up to be a dirty fight.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2014

Congo
Grand Master Sassou enthroned in October

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will be renewed as [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2014

Congo
Sassou favours Faure over Boni Yayi

Denis Sassou-Nguesso is focusing his efforts on Togo's President Faure [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2014

Central African Republic
Sagem Morpho eyes presidential elections in Bangui

France’s Sagem Morpho is circling a contract to supply electoral [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.08.2014

Central African Republic
Havas handles PR for Catherine Samba-Panza

French PR outfit Havas Media, a subsidiary of Bolloré, has [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.08.2014

Chad, Nigeria
Ali Modu Sheriff

The former governor of Borno state in northern Nigeria and an oil investor, Ali Modu Sheriff, has defected from the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.2014

Chad
Alhadj Hamit Elimi Ali Moutaye

An adviser to president Idriss Deby since last year, Alhadj Hamit Elimi Ali Moutaye has been appointed chairman of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.2014

Chad, United States | Washington
Randy Broiles

Randy Broiles, vice president of Exxon for Africa, seized the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.2014

Chad, France | Paris
Djerassem Le Bemadjiel

Djerassem Le Bemadjiel, Chad's oil minister, was in Paris last [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.2014

DRC, Egypt | Kinshasa
Cairo in push on Inga’s behalf

Before he left his post in Kinshasa, Egypt's envoy to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.2014

DRC
Jean-Pierre Katshidikaya

Recently appointed by president Joseph Kabila, the new board of directors of Societe Miniere de Bakwanga (MIBA) chaired by Jean-Pierre [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.07.2014

Gabon
Race for Milingui iron ore project

According to our sources in Libreville, the industry and mines [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.07.2014

DRC
Gecamines boss Nkand fired

Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila has dismissed Kalej [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.07.2014

DRC | Kinshasa
Areas in Katanga to be set aside for diggers

Congo-K's government is going to create small-scale mining zones in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.07.2014

DRC
Kinshasa

Robert Friedland, the boss of Ivanhoe Mines, has begun box [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.07.2014

Congo
Forbes Afrique's full house

In addition to Jacques Attali, the former right hand man [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.07.2014

Cameroon
Camairco stuck on tarmac

Jean Paul Nana Sandjo, who was appointed managing director of [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.07.2014

Congo
LOUIS PATRICE N’GAGNON (SNDE)

Louis Patrice N’Gagnon, the 62-year-old former director general of the [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.07.2014

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